Stress and Obesity - Helpful Things You May Not Be Aware of

Have you ever stopped to wonder about what you put yourself into when you get stressed? When you're trying to meet a deadline, for example, you try to "steal" from your sleeping hours by giving yourself a caffeine fix to stave off sleep. To add energy, you ingest lots and lots of chocolate. When the effect wears off before you have finished your work, you give yourself another cup of coffee and eat more sweets to prevent the ultimate crash from happening. This results in sleep-deprivation, excess-calorie consumption and ultimately, obesity.Stress and obesity are inextricably intertwined. When a stressed-out lifestyle becomes the norm, ingesting loads upon loads of simple sugars, caffeine and even alcohol lead to lesser sleeping hours and

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